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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5166 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5166

To provide major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with the 
    same level of Secret Service protection as Presidents and Vice 
                  Presidents, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

  Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with the 
    same level of Secret Service protection as Presidents and Vice 
                  Presidents, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Highly Important Electoral 
Leaders from Danger Act'' or the ``SHIELD Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
              CANDIDATES.

    Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
the following:
    ``(h)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the 
United States Secret Service shall provide major Presidential 
candidates, as identified under subsection (a)(7), with the same level 
of protection as the President and the President-elect.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the 
United States Secret Service shall provide major Vice Presidential 
candidates, as identified under subsection (a)(7), with the same level 
of protection as the Vice President and the Vice President-elect.
    ``(3) In order to ensure that the same level of protection is 
provided under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Director of the Secret Service shall take the 
following actions:
            ``(A) Provide for the same policies and procedures as those 
        applied to the President, the Vice President, the President-
        elect, and the Vice President-elect.
            ``(B) Provide for the assignment of the same number of 
        agents of the Secret Service to each individual.
            ``(C) Provide for the same number and capability of hard 
        assets.
            ``(D) Provide for the same amount of resources for threat 
        assessment.
            ``(E) Any other actions the Director of the Secret Service 
        determines are necessary to ensure parity in protections for 
        major Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates.
    ``(4) Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates may agree 
not to receive protections equal to those of the President, Vice 
President, President-Elect, or Vice President-elect. Such agreement 
shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the advisory committee 
established under subsection (a)(7).''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.
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